Joker - Family Review

Content Warnings

• Sexual Content

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  Man knocks on a neighbor woman's apartment door. When she answers he grabs and kisses her passionately. They close the door behind them; this might imply sex.

  Probably less than a minute in the movie you see an inappropriate billboard that says "Strip Search" with three women that look naked but nothing is shown.

  Billboard towards the end of the movie that says "Ace in the Hole" with a woman arching her back. Shown for maybe a minute or two and gets blurred out as the focus goes elsewhere.

  Arthur bathes his mother, while all you see is the upper part of her chest.

  In the main character's notebook there is a couple of photos of naked women stuck on some pages, but you would have to pause at the scene where the protagonist flips through the pages of his notebook to see them, because they are shown on screen very briefly (for less than a second)

  A woman is harassed on a subway.

• Violence

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  Arthur stabs a man twice, once in the throat and then in the eye with blood spraying everywhere, then rams his head repeatedly against the wall 11 times, leaving a giant blood splatter. This is without a doubt the most violent part in the movie, although it's not too detailed due to the quick editing. Nonetheless, this scene along with the language is the main reason for the R rating.

  A man is shot by a police officer on the subway. No blood seen.

  Violence is a theme throughout most of this film, people are shot in the head on a few occasions, with blood splattering. It's not quite horror film levels, but some scenes are particularly shocking.

  The film contains a few shootings and stabbings with brief injury detail. While it's not excessively bloody or gory, it's in your face when it happens and mostly used for impact.

  The violence is realistic and quite strong, but it isn't very detailed. There's no gore and the blood sprays are mild to moderate, and we also never really see any wounds or injury detail other than the bloodshed present.

  Total of 13 kills in the movie, 1 being implied. 7 gun kills, 1 stabbing kill, 2 in a car crash, and one suffocation. Kills are very realistic and graphic.

  In the opening scene Arthur's sign he's holding is stolen by a group of young kids. After chasing them down they hit him in the face with the sign and kick him on the ground over 10 times.

  The joker is a serial killer in the movie.

  Strong disturbing bloody violence.

  3.5/10 for gore.

• Profanity

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  27 uses of "fuck" (a few of which are hard to hear without captions), and a few uses of "shit", as well as milder terms such as "prick" and "asshole".

  One obscene hand gesture.

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  This is an incredibly dark, serious movie. It revolves around a man who is mentally ill and has a condition where he laughs uncontrollably, even in serious situations. Throughout the movie, he gains a sick twisted sense of humor that revolves around death and chaos.

  Throughout the movie the main character is constantly tormented by society and mistreated by pretty much everyone he comes into contact with. He is punched in the face, kicked at while being helpless on the ground, and called names. All of this inspires him to dress up as a clown and become a criminal.

  The Joker commits several violent crimes throughout the film, and although the violence is not too frequent, all of the scenes in which The Joker commits the crimes are particularly shocking although not too gruesome.

  Arthur (The Joker) Turns into a vengeful person int the movie.

  Intended for people over 16 due to violence, bloody scenes and psychological themes.